Operating Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended												6 Months Ended			9 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Revenues:
Merchandise sales		$ 89,170	$ 103,454	$ 105,587		$ 86,576	$ 100,082	$ 94,604		$ 75,286	$ 94,495								$ 388,022	$ 368,085	$ 333,064
Jewelry scrapping sales		20,273	26,193	27,703		26,288	42,582	44,709		40,530	51,672								96,243	131,702	202,481
Pawn service charges		59,917	59,162	64,133		60,397	62,015	65,400		55,656	55,925								248,378	251,354	233,538
Consumer loan fees and interest		52,734	54,777	55,204		47,905	50,478	54,198		45,809	46,325								220,141	211,625	187,748
Other revenues		1,040	1,545	1,129		2,285	1,733	2,328		1,321	819								4,862	7,402	3,886
Total revenues	$ 235,625	223,134	245,131	253,756	$ 228,588	223,451	256,890	261,239	$ 248,344	218,602	249,236								957,646	970,168	960,717
Merchandise cost of goods sold		56,014	64,223	64,141		51,050	58,716	54,945		43,842	55,594								248,637	218,617	190,637
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold		15,131	20,111	20,020		20,377	29,311	31,305		27,115	31,233								72,836	96,133	130,715
Consumer loan bad debt		16,401	10,876	18,188		10,296	9,321	13,887		9,340	7,121								65,944	52,494	43,441
Net revenues	133,313	135,588	149,921	151,407	140,552	141,728	159,542	161,102	150,808	138,305	155,288								570,229	602,924	595,924
Operating expenses:
Operations		103,198	101,107	105,361		98,698	94,829	98,420		82,268	83,045								417,066	390,200	328,849
Administrative		14,205	19,996	15,724		12,631	8,594	13,580		9,857	11,998								62,096	52,339	47,873
Depreciation		7,460	7,414	7,340		7,251	6,950	6,465		5,755	5,220								29,801	27,858	21,851
Amortization		1,306	1,393	1,365		962	687	688		1,206	1,692								5,475	3,485	1,956
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets		134	87	(6,290)		178	13	29		90	14								(5,629)	1,359	(249)
Interest expense (income), net		7,062	5,959	4,854		3,637	3,754	3,637		898	2,246								27,090	15,168	(1,549)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates		(2,117)	(492)	(1,271)		(4,328)	(4,125)	(5,038)		(4,197)	(4,577)		$ (1,763)	$ (9,163)	$ (8,738)	$ (3,880)	$ (13,491)	$ (12,935)	(5,948)	(13,240)	(16,038)
Restructuring	6,700																		6,664	0	0
Impairment of investments			7,940		43,200								$ 7,940			$ 7,940			7,940	43,198	0
Other expense (income)		265	442	(168)		96	405	(501)		483	802								480	2,077	(888)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$ (9,448)	$ 4,075	$ 6,075	$ 24,492	$ (34,380)	$ 22,603	$ 48,435	$ 43,822	$ 56,272	$ 41,945	$ 54,848	$ 61,054							25,194	80,480	214,119
Operating Segments [Member]
Revenues:
Merchandise sales																			388,022	368,085	333,064
Jewelry scrapping sales																			96,243	131,702	202,481
Pawn service charges																			248,378	251,354	233,538
Consumer loan fees and interest																			220,141	211,625	187,748
Other revenues																			4,862	7,402	3,886
Total revenues																			957,646	970,168	960,717
Merchandise cost of goods sold																			248,637	218,617	190,637
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold																			72,836	96,133	130,715
Consumer loan bad debt																			65,944	52,494	43,441
Net revenues																			570,229	602,924	595,924
Operating expenses:
Operations																			417,066	390,200	328,849
Administrative																			0	0	0
Depreciation																			23,138	21,036	16,394
Amortization																			2,403	2,104	1,937
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets																			(6,593)	226	(248)
Interest expense (income), net																			19,485	11,295	(4,510)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates																			(5,948)	(13,240)	(16,038)
Restructuring																			0
Impairment of investments																			7,940	43,198
Other expense (income)																			105	1,332	(888)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes																			112,633	146,773	270,428
Operating Segments [Member] | US & Canada Operations [Member]
Revenues:
Merchandise sales																			327,720	310,521	291,497
Jewelry scrapping sales																			89,941	123,162	191,905
Pawn service charges																			217,891	221,775	210,601
Consumer loan fees and interest																			166,764	169,098	161,768
Other revenues																			2,701	2,887	2,594
Total revenues																			805,017	827,443	858,365
Merchandise cost of goods sold																			206,593	183,147	168,133
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold																			67,029	88,637	122,604
Consumer loan bad debt																			46,339	40,780	35,330
Net revenues																			485,056	514,879	532,298
Operating expenses:
Operations																			335,445	326,216	291,527
Administrative																			0	0	0
Depreciation																			17,265	15,814	13,075
Amortization																			399	393	567
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets																			(6,620)	209	(260)
Interest expense (income), net																			(16)	16	(3)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates																			0	0	0
Restructuring																			0
Impairment of investments																			0	0
Other expense (income)																			(5)	(3)	(647)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes																			138,588	172,234	228,039
Operating Segments [Member] | Latin America [Member]
Revenues:
Merchandise sales																			60,302	57,564	41,567
Jewelry scrapping sales																			6,302	8,540	10,576
Pawn service charges																			30,487	29,579	22,937
Consumer loan fees and interest																			53,377	42,527	25,980
Other revenues																			2,161	2,976	1,292
Total revenues																			152,629	141,186	102,352
Merchandise cost of goods sold																			42,044	35,470	22,504
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold																			5,807	7,496	8,111
Consumer loan bad debt																			19,605	11,714	8,111
Net revenues																			85,173	86,506	63,626
Operating expenses:
Operations																			81,621	62,889	37,322
Administrative																			0	0	0
Depreciation																			5,873	5,222	3,319
Amortization																			2,004	1,711	1,370
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets																			27	17	12
Interest expense (income), net																			19,501	11,279	(4,507)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates																			0	0	0
Restructuring																			0
Impairment of investments																			0	0
Other expense (income)																			(5)	(218)	(5)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes																			(23,848)	5,606	26,115
Operating Segments [Member] | Other International [Member]
Revenues:
Merchandise sales																			0	0	0
Jewelry scrapping sales																			0	0	0
Pawn service charges																			0	0	0
Consumer loan fees and interest																			0	0	0
Other revenues																			0	1,539	0
Total revenues																			0	1,539	0
Merchandise cost of goods sold																			0	0	0
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold																			0	0	0
Consumer loan bad debt																			0	0	0
Net revenues																			0	1,539	0
Operating expenses:
Operations																			0	1,095	0
Administrative																			0	0	0
Depreciation																			0	0	0
Amortization																			0	0	0
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets																			0	0	0
Interest expense (income), net																			0	0	0
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates																			(5,948)	(13,240)	(16,038)
Restructuring																			0
Impairment of investments																			7,940	43,198
Other expense (income)																			115	1,553	(236)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes																			(2,107)	(31,067)	16,274
Corporate [Member]
Revenues:
Merchandise sales																			0	0	0
Jewelry scrapping sales																			0	0	0
Pawn service charges																			0	0	0
Consumer loan fees and interest																			0	0	0
Other revenues																			0	0	0
Total revenues																			0	0	0
Merchandise cost of goods sold																			0	0	0
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold																			0	0	0
Consumer loan bad debt																			0	0	0
Net revenues																			0	0	0
Operating expenses:
Operations																			0	0	0
Administrative																			62,096	52,339	47,873
Depreciation																			6,663	6,822	5,457
Amortization																			3,072	1,381	19
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets																			964	1,133	(1)
Interest expense (income), net																			7,605	3,873	2,961
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates																			0	0	0
Restructuring																			6,664
Impairment of investments																			0	0
Other expense (income)																			375	745	0
Income from continuing operations before income taxes																			$ (87,439)	$ (66,293)	$ (56,309)